Indian cricket team for Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the captain

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The Indian men's cricket team has been announced for the Asian Games. The captaincy of the team will be in the hands of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Rinku Singh has also got a place in the team. India is sending its men's and women's cricket teams for the first time in the Asian Games.

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Team India squad announced for Asian Games, The Indian men's cricket team for the Asian Games has been announced. Under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Team India will present its challenge in the Asian Games for the first time. Earlier media reports said that Shikhar Dhawan could be selected and made the captain, but it did not happen. Dhawan was not selected. The men's cricket competition at the Asian Games will be held from September 28 to October 8 in T20 format.

The squad selected for the Asian Games has more players who have performed brilliantly in the IPL. Also, one thing has become clear from the selection of these players that they are not in the team management's plan for the World Cup.

Ruturaj Gaikwad will be captain in Asian Games, India's 15-member men's cricket team has been announced for the 19th Asian Games. Young player Ruturaj Gaikwad has been made the captain of this team. At the same time, many young players who have shown consistent performance in the last few seasons of IPL have been included in the team, including Rinku Singh's name.

Indian cricket team for Asian Games

Team India (Senior Men) squad for 19th Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)

Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan

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